σκοτισμός
From LSJ
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A darkening, σ. καὶ φωτισμοὶ ἀέρος Cleom.1.7, cf. Eust.849.23; = σκοτοδινία, Ptol.Tetr. 116, Vett.Val.193.9, Hsch. s.v. ἴλιγγος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 905] ὁ, 1) das Verfinstern, Verdunkeln, die Finsterniß; Schol. Lycophr. 1427; Eust. – 2) der Schwindel, wenn es Einem finster vor den Augen wird, vertigo, Gloss.